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btw, I immediately blocked Popcxqueen. Woke zombies are everywhere and I'm so tired of them.

Agreed. Same with me.

Genius actor. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes and Doom At Your Service are (for me) fave roles of his. Totally want to see him in a historical drama.

I disagree. He was great in Run On. His character in Run On was really multidimensional. Im Siwan's acting is such that he never lets us see only one side of the characters he's portraying. He makes us think about and figure out various qualities in his characters (people are never just one thing). I just watched The King In Love, that's another great achievement in portraying complex emotions (in heavy situations). People tend to think thriller, antagonist and psychopath roles are more difficult and laudable and of course there's more risk in them (the risk of getting typecast a as a villain). But Im Siwan just becomes the character he's portraying, be it an athlete, King or a rookie intern. A genius actor.

This drama is full-fledged romantic from start to finish (9/10). Fundamentally satisfactory for us who really like to get immersed in the characters and their challenges. You feel their feelings. The plot is a rollercoaster which means the drama wasn't boring, not even for a second. But the suspense comes from the difficulties between finding a balance between personal feelings and moral duties to the country. The fight scenes are kept to a mimimum, they don't stop the flow of the drama. There are quiet reflective moments and funny moments which balance the pacing perfectly. Out of the fictional historical dramas I've watched, this resembles Hwarang (which I loved). Empress Ki, Love in the Moonlight and Queen for 7 Days were vastly inferior to me, I mostly skipped whole episodes. Needless to say, the acting of the 3 leads and the portrayal of their friendship is fantastic. The ending is very satisfactory and somewhat unconventional. It makes me happy that I can start another drama with Im Siwan (Summer Strike) right after this one, he is such a genius actor. Will def look up Hong Young Hyun's other dramas. And looking forward to seeing Yoona again in the KingTheLand.

Very true, we didn't get attached to the characters. Am happy I learned to drop, although it's taken me 2 years to get here!

I agree. This could have been quite novel if they had put more focus on the contract work and how the society views it (a real life challenge). The chaebol problems are so worn out in comparison.

people who have more fat can't display emotions? I'd think the more botox and surgeries the more difficult it is to display emotions but okay.

Normally promising writers get a chance by writing a drama special first. Immaturity is a rare feature in k-dramas. Plot holes are not a bigger concern here than in any other drama. Ability to write dialogue is key to getting to know the characters.

for me they're pretty similar

This year has been like the best ever with AoS, Little Women, Sound of Magic, Our Blues, If You Wish Upon Me and many others. But this particular period offers absolutely nothing worthwhile.

Agree about the poor writing. Her Private Life was so much better. Loved that one. I didn't like Secretary Kim. I do like her in When the Weather is Fine (currently watching). Healer is so good, a classic. I liked her in Forecasting Love and Weather and the drama was imo endlessly better than this one. In Queen for 7 Days the problem was again poor writing but her chemistry and the scenes with Lee Dong Gun were awesome and the reason I completed it.

People are wondering what is healthy and what is not. Mostly none of are not familiar with Dispatch. It's a very basic question and PMY's body gets shown a lot in the drama and the message is always that she's the most beautiful and desirable. You need to think what that message might do overall and whether it's correct rather than assuming that other people are haters. No one hates or dislikes PMY. I've watched all her dramas and she's still gorgeous but it's worrisome if this is the beauty standard.

I agree. The beauty standards are worrisome. I'd like to know if it's healthy to be so skinny, honestly. Yes it bothers me.

I think we should be talking about how the characters are written, not take the characters as if they were real life people. We don't really get to understand any of the characters in an in-depth manner. The dialogues are too few and too short. Male lead suddenly miraculously gets recovered his aspergers (as if his lack of social skills had been merely inconsiderate behavior). Rookie writer, I hope he or she doesn't get a second chance bc of the too obvious immaturity of the whole thing. I just wish people would analyze the drama writing and directing not characters as they are given. I know nobody agrees. To me this just represents a drama with bigger flaws in writing. Should have been developed with more time and with the help of more mature peer reviewers.

the writing of his character is just as lacking in depth as are all the characters. Male leads sudden recovery from his aspergers is ridiculous.

It's a poorly written CHARACTER. Alex. Not a real person. Writer is dumbass, not the actor.

indeed. after the great role in Reflection of You he should have been given a main lead role. LIC is immature as if it was written by a 14 year old.

not melo. historical, lots of violent & torture scenes. Very dark.

it's not a melodrama, actually. I guess people use too broad genre categories. It's not easy to say what genre this is, but more like a mix of workplace drama, romance and slice of life.